Tigaye Surname
Approximately 483 people bear this surname
Tigaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tigaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tigaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tigaye is found most frequently in Chad. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tigaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigaye? popularity and diffusion
Tigaye is the 632,228th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,088,087 people. The last name Tigaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tigaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Chad, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Apart from Chad this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tigay | 91 | 2,192 | / |
| Tigae | 91 | 103 | / |
| Taingaye | 86 | 8 | / |
| Toingaye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tegaye | 83 | 1,452 | / |
| Tigaya | 83 | 265 | / |
| Tigaie | 83 | 55 | / |
| Tugaye | 83 | 11 | / |
| Tisgay | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tigiye | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tigayi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tigaje | 83 | 1 | / |
| Toigay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thigae | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tigaiy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Taigay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tigoye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Teighayei | 80 | 7 | / |
| Tesgaye | 77 | 4,834 | / |
| Taingay | 77 | 110 | / |
| Thegaye | 77 | 10 | / |
| Tighaya | 77 | 7 | / |
| Tiogaya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Toigoye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tisgawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tegayie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teegaye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tugay | 73 | 5,261 | / |
| Tigai | 73 | 2,110 | / |
| Tegay | 73 | 1,791 | / |
| Tigau | 73 | 1,434 | / |
| Tigoy | 73 | 481 | / |
| Tigey | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tigaa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tigoe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tegae | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tiggawee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taingaay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tugaya | 67 | 324 | / |
| Tuggay | 67 | 73 | / |
| Tegoye | 67 | 65 | / |
| Tigoue | 67 | 37 | / |
| Tiggaa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Taingahue | 67 | 31 | / |
| Tigiya | 67 | 30 | / |
| Tighue | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tesgay | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tiguey | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tegeye | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tegayo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tegaya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Taigai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tugaue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tigaia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Teagay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tigaud | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tegawe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tigoya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tigoyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tyogay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thegay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tegayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tugayé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tugayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuigau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tiguha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tigueu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tighie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tighei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toigai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tigoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tigija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thigai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teagae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tugawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taigey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tighee | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tigaye
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